Conan O’Brien Twitter Pal Makes Her Cable News Debut On CNN

19-year-old Sarah Killen has become America’s most beloved celebrity-for-no-reason since Levi Johnston and this time, the love isn’t ironic. Killen, whose life changed dramatically when a bored, unemployed Conan O’Brien decided to follow her on Twitter at random, has been making the internet media rounds since last Friday, answering questions about her wedding, her newfound fame, and all the freebies that came with it. Today she made the jump from the internet to national television, sitting down with CNN’s American Morning crew to try to explain why tens of thousands of people now want to be in the know about her life.

Killen’s first outings into the blogosphere were with PopEater, New York Magazine and MTV News, and her only pre-CNN television appearance on her local network news. Through those interviews, Killen has managed to form an image of herself as an everyday girl with everyday hopes whose life was turned upside down by the restlessness of arguably the nation’s most beloved comic. Her food tastes (the main thing Conan focused on) are as widely embraced as they are top-notch and her economic troubles resonate in this economy, too.

And the reviews from the blogs have been almost universally positive (except for Gawker indirectly calling her a shill), praising Sarah for remaining level-headed and humble, and using her newfound fame to raise money for cancer research.

CNN anchors Kiran Chetry and John Roberts continued to shower praise on her– and her fiancee, who had not actually spoken in public before– while having unexpectedly unveiled a side of Killen it appears she had been trying to hide from the public. For the first time since her fateful Friday, Killen lost her deer-in-the-headlights look and let herself enjoy the moment a bit, describing the perks of fame that have come her way: wine, a limo, and a wedding dress for her big day, a new computer, and meeting rapper Ludacris, for a start.

Her fiancee John described himself as her “manager”– the first indication that Killen may perhaps be keen on making her fifteen minutes in the spotlight as long as possible. Chetry and Roberts replied to the “manager” comment with what was perhaps the most offensive part of the interview, citing what seems to be the only celebrity couple they could think of that was famous without actually doing anything worthy of attracting the spotlight. Watch the couple reel in disgust as they are compared to Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (and talk about their post-Conan lives!) below (also, Killen is back on CNN tonight, appearing on Larry King Live:

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